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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...their determination to keep us away from the Observatory. We know that we are asking a great deal, but if there come a nice clear evening next week, would it not be allowable for a few men from seventy-eight, say those who stood highest on the rank list in Required Astronomy, to visit the Observatory? Security for good behavior might be given beforehand at the Secretary's office...
...were sorry to see, on the recently published list of college rooms, the announcement that "all persons taking rooms in Holyoke House or Matthews will be required, if they employ any one, to employ the janitor of the building to make fires, etc." Any measure, which like this cuts off all competition, makes the price we have to pay too high, or, which is the same thing, the article which we pay for inferior to what it otherwise would be. At Sever's we are charged an extortionate price for our text-books, because the College destroys all competition...
...purpose, - not such examination as we have at present, nor, indeed, the exaggerated English system; but a system which should combine the present method and the English thoroughness and fairness, which should announce merely failure, success, or excellence, and not parade results before the public in a deceitful rank-list...
...Whose list new conquests daily swell...
...Library Bulletin, No. 7, lately issued, is far more interesting than the uninitiated would suppose. Its name of "bulletin" suggests a mere list of new books added to the Library, and is certainly not tempting to the average student. As a matter of fact, it contains much useful information on subjects in which many of us at Harvard are interested. The Bulletin consists of twenty-five pages, of which ten contain a list of the most-important additions to the Library since December. The remaining fifteen include some more notes on authorities in American History, by Dr. Lodge; notes...